Bone/Ivory keytop replacement source

[Avery Todd]

Ah, the voice of reason! Glad to have you back, Jim. :-)

Avery Todd

At 08:40 PM 11/9/05, you wrote:
> >I suggest refusing to do it. It sickens me that so many in our trade
> >cater to those who believe it is right to celebrate the slaughter of
> >magnificent animals for their two front teeth. Even if it happened
> >over a century ago, it was never right, and we are wrong to condone
> >or prolong this fetish.
> >
> >Joseph Giandalone, RPT
>
>Nah......I believe you have the wrong outlook here...just my opinion though.
>
>  If we were talking about illegal/poached ivory with the proceeds going to
>those who supported such activities you would have a point 
>but............ The
>Ivory trade these days is controlled by governments and international treaty
>obligations. Some poaching though still goes on and always will but 
>not to the
>extent it once did and that ivory never reaches any legitimate
>dealers...hopefully. Illegal ivory amounts to a verrrryy small 
>percentage of the total on the
>world market.
>  'Legal' ivory comes from two sources:
>1. Ivory confiscated from poachers.
>2. Ivory obtained from the needful "culling" of elephant herds. Such
>"culling" is taken on by government entities when the local elephant 
>herds grow too
>large for their environment to sustain in an ecologically sensible and
>sustainable form, or the occasional "rouge" elephant is dispatched. 
>In leiu of allowing
>many in an overlarge herd to starve to death "culling" is responsible
>management, don't you agree?
>
>  The proceeds from the sale of 'legal' ivory are applied toward the
>management of game parks/preserves and benefits all the animals 
>therein...or that is
>what happens in most locales. The countries which have populations 
>of elephants
>make more money from eco-tourism, etc. than from the sale of any 
>'legal' ivory
>so it just makes sense to protect the health and stability of their
>herds....doncha think?
>
>  If we did not use this 'legal' ivory, what would you suggest we do with it?
>bury it in a landfill.....????
>  Jim Bryant (FL)
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